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“BLACKMAILER BY PROXY” by David Jenkins

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I was just paying in my latest instalment to my Post Divorce Fund when I heard someone calling my real name. I made a great effort to ignore it and keep a poker face. I didn't want the cashier wondering if I was laundering cash, Keeping my nose clean has become the name of the game lately. I completed the transaction and headed for the door when Phil caught my arm “Going deaf, Dave, are we?” he asked “ Or are we too posh to acknowledge old friends?” I laughed, “It must be over twenty five years since I've seen you, or any one else from our s...

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“A last chance” by Jimena Rodriguez

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“When did these ghastly thoughts start? Where did I start to fear what I want?” That’s what I kept asking myself every night after I left her, alone and hopeless. Endless nights of sorrow and regret. It felt as if I was drowning in a shallow pit with no exit. My throat clenches up at the thought of what I did, my body simply giving up as if it knew there was no fixing it. I yelled to the top of my lungs out in the cold weather, feeling how the air went into my mouth hurting my throat. My desperation to mend my fallacy was eating me up ...

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“PANDORA AFTER” by Melodie Karczewski

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Pandora was laced in the arms of her husband. His warm body comforting her trembling figure. He murmured his forever love for her as she rocked, eyes tightly closed from the horror she’d unleashed. Hours past on the cold bedroom floor. Her trembling subdued as the sun peeked it’s face and returned the light blue to the sky. She slept, the gods laughing at their inevitable invention and sounds of the first guttural cough echoed throughout the city. Days later, news reached the palace ears of a village child with contorting limbs and spine. ...

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“Only flowers” by Marina Horvat

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As I open the door, the bell chimes. There is no one inside the shop. The sun is shining on the dozen upon dozen of glass vases, leaving rainbows in its wake. The scent is overwhelming. Hundreds of flowers, devoid of root and drowned in water, each competing for their last breath. So sweet and heavenly that it borders on the line of too sweet and too heavenly. I can feel it inside my nose, and mouth, and throat. A flowery noose. “Do you need help?” The florist has come from somewhere. I shook my head, no. I try not to think too much about ...

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“DON'T LET ME DIE” by Audrey Taele

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The red and blue lights, flashing from all directions, were more than just smudgy illuminations in the slanting rain, as fire trucks and police cars gathered around an overturned vehicle. Logan stood by the side, amongst many other horrified onlookers, but the only difference between him and them was that he didn't understand what was going on. For one, he was even confused as to how he had gotten there in the first place. The accident had occurred very close to his house, and he wondered if the victim was from around the area, but t...

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“My Best Friend” by Liam McIntyre

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There was something dark behind those steel blue eyes… Definitely a memory, not an intention. He stood there for a few seconds, studying the big, bold letters sprawled across the building: Carson County Sheriff’s Station. He recognized the name, but it looked much different now. He was staring at something that resembled a small fortress. When he walked through the doors, about ten sets of eyes shot in his direction, and not a single face that he knew. A few deputies quieted their conversations, and moved t...

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“Once Upon A Time, In A World Not (Much) Unlike Our Own” by Josephine Taylor

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There was a knock outside the study’s door, and the princess lifted her weary gaze to meet the soldier on the other side. It’s barely daylight, she knows no one in the kingdom slept well the previous night —not with the threat of attack imminent. Lieutenant Enzo settled his weight on his good leg, nodding in greeting. “The Captain is here, milady.” The princess worked to keep her breathing steady on her lone journey to the entryway. She hadn’t negotiated with him directly but communicated through messengers. Contact between a royal officia...

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“Young Mindfulness” by Katie Moore

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This town haunted me. The street outside my frosted window did anything but call my name. The frigid wind told me I would be better off inside, but that was something I already knew. Camilla had never forgiven me and made it clear she never would. "How could you do this?! I can never look at you the same again!" The words replayed in my mind every night before I went to sleep. She was my best friend and I let her down. I had hurt her in a way no one ever had before. As I got out of bed, I rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I headed to the ba...

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“MISS-TAKE” by Damodar Sai

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***** Anu is getting ready to meet her friends. Before leaving her room, she comes back and checks again in the mirror. She smiles at the mirror, since everything is looking perfect. She walks into the kitchen and sees her sister having brea...

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“I Forgive You” by Shelby Schwartz

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It’s the middle of the week of the same routine. Wake up, go to school, come home, go to bed. Sure, there are some in between things, but it’s the same every day. Not something I pride myself in. It’s boring and nothing new ever happens. I wouldn’t even know what to do if something new happened. I walk the same path to school. The one behind my house, down to the creek to the bike path. That trail leads straight to school. No one around to bother me as I walk either. Its quiet except for the music playing in my pierced ears. My cowboy boots ...

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“Catching Up with Old Friends” by Peter Majda

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I hugged myself, hoping in vain to stay warm as Stanley knocked on the door. As he waited, facing the door, I turned around and walked to the edge of the porch and leaned against a beam, breathing out puffs of snowy clouds. I scanned the street, looking at the rows of red brick bungalows, nearly identical to each other. All of the houses had stoops that led up to a porch. Lots of the houses had planters shaped like white geese, but they were empty because of the cold. “Is he in?” I asked pushing myself off the beam and mincing my way to t...

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“Chipped” by Swanilda Franz

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In front of the altar, I was gazing at a stained glass painting portraying a man leading a flock of sheep in the direction of his pointed staff when I heard the gawky traction of aluminum foil behind me. Madeleine, who was sitting on her bottom on the ground in front of the first row of mahogany seating, had cheetle on her fingers. “What are you doing?” I shook my head, and thrust my wrist toward her grim munch with my palm facing upward. I didn’t know what else to say. Our last conversation had caused three months of her silence. That was...

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“Chinese Proverb” by William McEachern

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That’s the thing with Chinese Proverbs. There either inscrutable or so dead on that it is uncanny. Take for instance, this one: Wise men fish in the same stream. Seems like good advice, doesn’t it? But it is contradicted by this one: Fools fish in the same bucket. There is one that for me was dead on. But I didn’t know it then: Be careful for what you pray, you just might get it. I had been dating Sam for over a year. Samantha was doubly Sam. First, it was her name shortened. Second, and I liked...

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“The burden i bare. By JB HART” by Josh Hart

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Trigger warning: domestic abuse THE BURDEN I BARE The middle of the night cracks in. I look at the time as She sleeps next to me. Can't think for even a second before the sudden need for alcohol fills my bloodstream. I can't stand being sober. That’s when the bad thoughts creep into my head like a nightmare I try desperately to get rid of but can never seem to shake. I open the fridge to find it missing from its usual place. That fucking bitch probably moved them thinking “I've been drinki...

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“Running For You” by Jialin Luo

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I still remember that night vividly. I had just gotten home late from cross-country practice. I'd put down my bag, kicked off my shoes, and stretched out across my bed. Like most nights, I had my phone out, ready to spend the next hour or two scrolling through social media. However, as soon as I turned on my phone, notifications for missed calls filled my screen. Apparently my best friend Kate had been desperately trying to contact me three hours ago, but I didn't know because of the rule Coach had about phones during practice–three texts a...

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Write a story about someone looking to make amends for a mistake.

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✍️ 222 stories

“BLACKMAILER BY PROXY” by David Jenkins

“A last chance” by Jimena Rodriguez

“PANDORA AFTER” by Melodie Karczewski

“Only flowers” by Marina Horvat

“DON'T LET ME DIE” by Audrey Taele

“My Best Friend” by Liam McIntyre

“Once Upon A Time, In A World Not (Much) Unlike Our Own” by Josephine Taylor

“Young Mindfulness” by Katie Moore

“MISS-TAKE” by Damodar Sai

“I Forgive You” by Shelby Schwartz

“Catching Up with Old Friends” by Peter Majda

“Chipped” by Swanilda Franz

“Chinese Proverb” by William McEachern

“The burden i bare. By JB HART” by Josh Hart

“Running For You” by Jialin Luo

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Write a story about high school sweethearts coming across one another after many, many years apart.

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